Finn, number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Woman in the Window) The Chalk Man is a dream novel, a book of nightmares: haunted and haunting, shot through with shadow and light - a story to quicken the pulse and freeze the blood. Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town.” ( Associated Press) The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King’s novella Stand by Me. “An assured debut that alternates between 19 with unpredictable twists. “Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck.” (Lee Child) Because in this town, everyone has secrets, no one is innocent, and some will do anything to bury the truth. But digging into the past proves more dangerous than he could have known. When one of them is killed, Eddie realizes that saving himself means figuring out what happened all those years ago.

Soon he learns that all his old friends received the same note. In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget his past, until one day he gets a letter containing a chalk man - the same one he and his friends saw when they found the body.

They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl. But one morning, the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure. Winner of The Strand Magazine Award for Best Debut NovelĪ riveting psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously awry, and will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking ending. If you like my stuff, you’ll like this.” (Stephen King) Not willing to do the job, Tudor preferred to offer a new book to be published in January 2023 and her publisher will instead publish her first short story collection in Autumn 2022.“Want to read something good?. Unhappy with the result, Tudor got a return from her editor that the book didn't work and needed a complete re-write. But with a difficult 12 months between 20, a manuscript was written (approximately 86,000 words) and submitted to the publisher. The Sixth Ī book which to be called 'The Sixth' was planned in 2022. The Irish Independent said the book 'has an intriguing and creepy premise - but ultimately falls apart after a series of improbable, shading to outlandish, plot twists.' The book received the 2019 Barry Award for Best First Novel. The Sun said ' weaves a complex and captivating story in her first novel.'.

The Chalk Man was published in January 2018 by Crown Publishing. She was born in Salisbury, England but grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives. Tudor is a British author whose books include The Chalk Man and The Hiding Place (The Taking of Annie Thorne).

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor